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Jerry Hicks, the rank and file candidate in the Unite union’s general secretary election, is urging people to pull out all the stops to get him the biggest possible vote.

Workers at the Coca‑Cola plant in Edmonton, north London, were set to strike on Wednesday and Thursday of this week over pay.

Around 40 people attended a launch meeting of the Justice For All campaign in London last week.

Tony Woodley, joint general secretary of the Unite union, has indicated that the dispute between cabin crew at British Airways and bullying boss Willie Walsh could be spread across the company.

The solid 24-hour strike by around 10,000 workers on London Underground last week put pressure on management.

The NUJ, Bectu and Unite unions representing workers at the BBC have announced dates for strikes against attacks on their pensions.

Workers at Astra Zeneca in Macclesfield, Cheshire, struck for the first time ever last week to fight attacks on their pensions.

Teachers in the NUT union at St Aloysius school in Islington, north London, were set to strike on Thursday and Friday of this week.

UCU members in English further education college branches are deciding whether to ballot for strikes over a 0.2 percent pay offer.

Jobless don’t choose poverty Tory toff George Osborne called unemployment a "­lifestyle choice" as he announced plans to slash another £4 billion from benefits last week.

A strike by some 70,000 South African car component workers has brought car manufacturing plants in South Africa to a standstill. The firms hit include Nissan, Toyota, Ford, Volkswagen, BMW, General Motors and Mercedes Benz.